... ofUNIX. RedHat has opted to take Linux a step further. Red Hat Software is a computer software development company that sells products and pro-vides services related to Linux. RedHat s mission ... Introduction to RedHatLinux and UNIXCHAPTER 131INTRODUCTION TORED HAT LINUX AND UNIXIntroduction to Red HatLinux and UNIXby David Pitts1IN THIS CHAPTER■ Advantages of Linux 5■ Copyright ... Introduction to RedHatLinux and UNIXCHAPTER 151INTRODUCTION TORED HAT LINUX AND UNIXAdvantages of Linux So, why would you choose Linux over UNIX? As already mentioned, Linux is free. Like...
... so on, make up the distribution. (For example, Red Hat Linux is considered a distribution of Linux. ) Therefore, several different distributions of Linux exist, but the kernel remains common among ... CONTAINER_NAME Games CONTAINER_TYPE SUBPANEL LABEL Spider ICON redhat_folder PUSH_ACTION Spider PUSH_RECALL true HELP_STRING Linux: What to drive.}Restart the desktop, go to the Spider control, ... managing memory. It is these functions that give Linux its underlying behavior seen throughout the system.Technically, Linux is only the kernel. The programs that surround it, such as the compilers,editors,...
... Apache Web serverusing RedHat s RPM system. RedHat includes the current version of Apache with its overall Linux product. However, if the latest version of RedHatLinux is a few months old, ... on RedHat s FTP server.There is a lag between the release of new and beta versions of Apache and its correspondingRPM packages. Installing Apache from source code is possible on RedHat Linux, ... Apache RPM.Server InstallationThe Apache RPM can either be found on the RedHatLinux installation media or on the Red Hat FTP server. It can be installed like any other RPM with the command-line...
... and the process of creating initial ramdisks had been automated by RedHat Software (seethe manual page for mkinitrd). RedHatLinux systems whose root filesystem is on a SCSI devicehave a modular ... message Cannot find a free VT. XFree86 needs a free virtualterminal (VT) on which to run. So if you have put a getty process on every virtualconsole in your /etc/inittab, XFree86 is not able ... build of the XFree86 system. Anything you need to know for compilingXFree86, you can find in the following files (in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/doc): INSTALL, README,and README .Linux. Note that you should...
... Started with RedHat Linux CHAPTER 1430514GETTING STARTEDWITH RED HAT LINUX RPMOne of the most powerful and innovative utilities available in RedHatLinux is RPM, the Red Hat Package ... Started with RedHat Linux CHAPTER 1430114GETTING STARTEDWITH RED HAT LINUX ■ mkfs■ shutdown■ lilo■ initThe main difference between the programs stored in /bin and /sbin is that the programs ... a RedHatLinux installation and takes alook at the organization of the file on a system along with the installation of packaged softwareusing RedHat Package Manager.OrganizationA Red Hat...
... themselves are good for small systems, such as those typically used by Red HatLinux users.The downside of a full backup is that it is time-consuming. Restoring a single file is almost toocumbersome ... of the hosts that are considered “equivalent” tothe current host. This “equivalence” means that the hosts listed are trusted enough to allowrsh commands. Typically a system that is directly ... directory of Linux manuals. Instead, the man pages area set of directories, each containing a section of the man pages. These directories contain theraw data for the man pages. In RedHat Linux, ...
... hosts that don’t use RedHat Linux, availability and esoteric security issues have convincedme to code using constructs that sh, and therefore all the shells, recognizes. Default Red Hat Linux ... automation under RedHat Linux is to adopt the attitude that the computer works for you. After you’ve done that, when yourealize you’re too lazy to type in a telephone number that the machine ... alternativetechnologies that are free, easy to install, easy to learn, and more powerful—that is, with richercapabilities and more structured syntax—than the shell. A few examples will suggest what theyhave...
... program.Listing 24.1. A trivial Perl program.#!/usr/bin/perlprint RedHat Unleashed, 2nd edition\ n”;That’s the whole thing. Type that in, save it to a file called trivial.pl, chmod +x it, and exe-cute ... capable of so much more.Although this book is focused on RedHat Linux, Perl is also available for many other plat-forms, and scripts that you write in Perl on one platform will run without changes ... fact that the object mycircle, of typeCircle, is being asked to execute a function that is a member of itself, and with reference toitself. The programmer could define a Rectangle class that...
... the Internet and you see a different address for www.redhat.com,it just means that it has changed—after all, that is one of the reasons that DNS wasdeveloped!Network ServicesBeing able to ... about RedHat s Motif distri-bution, see http://www.redhat.com.For the latest binaries of LessTif, programming hints, and a list of Motif 1.2-compatible func-tions and Motif clients that build ... predefined,and user-defined. You have already seen examples of the first two—$1 is the field variable thatcontains the first field in the input record, and FS is the predefined variable that...
... 13-14, 47installing RedHat Linux without, 14replacing, 51boot prompt options, configuringLILO, 32booting, 28, 38, 637boot diskscreating, 13-14, 47installing RedHat Linux without, 14replacing, ... 516commandsUNLEASHED AppendixesPART VII654On the RedHatLinux Unleashed, Second Edition CD-ROM, you will find sample files thathave been presented in this book along with a wealth of ... wants tolearn more about RedHat Linux. I encourage you to use the man pages to find out the manydetails left out of this appendix. Most of the commands have arguments that can be passed tothem,...
... Introduction and Installation of Linux 1 Introduction to RedHatLinux and UNIX 3Advantages of Linux 5Copyright and Warranty 7Where to Get RedHat Linux 7System Requirements 7System ... 8System Requirements—Alpha 8Summary 92 Installation of Your RedHat SystemBe Prepared, Be Very Prepared! 12Installing RedHat Linux . 13Creating the Boot and Supplemental Disks 13Installing ... iiiIntroduction xxiiiPart I Introduction and Installation of Linux 1 Introduction to RedHatLinux and UNIX 32 Installation of Your RedHat System 113 LILO 27Part II Configuring Other Servers4...
... 7 RedHatLinux System andNetwork Administration DefinedCHAPTER 1Duties of the System AdministratorCHAPTER 2Planning the NetworkCHAPTER 3Installing RedHat Linux CHAPTER 4 Red HatLinux ... run whatever came on the com-puter, assuming that things came from the factory properly configured. The user or enterprise that decides on Linux has decided, too, to assume the control that Linux offers, ... network,installing RedHat Linux, and workingwith the RedHatLinux file system andconfiguration files.b3632-X PtO1.F 2/21/02 8:33 AM Page 2 (Because of its built-in security features, Linux may not...